doug smith has more from tampa and is joining us. doug, 29 electoral votes up for grabs in florida. >> yeah. >> and the candidates are battling it out there, aren't they? >> they have been become familiar faces the last few months and the owe-by-four corridor from tampa -- i-4 corridor from tampa to miami beach, that is critical. miami-dade to the north, tallahassee, republican, that is why the focus is in our area. >> before the poems open at 7:00 -- the polls open at 7:00 this morning, the presidential battle was only half hover with early voting, right? >> reporter: you're right. 4.5million people cast votes early. that is either absentee ballots or early voting. early voting here in this state ran from saturday, 7:00 in the morning until 7:00 p.m. on, just the most recent weekend and that was the one- week period where you could early vote and a lot of people did. >> a record turnout is expected, more than in 2008, 75% of registered voters and i read a quote from your secretary of state and he thought this would be incredible. >>